Originally Posted by
NickB
The problem would be with monopoly on intra-Spanish routes, though.
And on this measure, IAG's share of seat capacity would increase from 57.9% to 72.9%
That is going to be tough for competition authorities to swallow.
(Spain's domestic market is the largest in Western Europe; its 51.4 million annual seats puts it easily 10 million ahead of Italy in 2nd place, and 15 million ahead of Germany in 3rd).